Author: Greater Media

  • High school students to recite their poetry

    A poetry reading sponsored by the Edison Arts Society will take place 5-7 p.m. Dec. 12 at the Coffee Shop, 913 Amboy Ave., Edison. Student readers from J.P. Stevens High School and Edison High School will share their poetry. The Edison Arts Society is seeking adult readers who want to be featured poets. For more…

  • Five charged after motor vehicle stop

    EDISON — Township police apprehended five men after allegedly finding a stolen gun and drugs during a Dec. 1 motor vehicle stop. Officer Christopher Sorber saw what he deemed a suspicious vehicle — a green 1997 Nissan Maxima with tinted windows that was circling the parking lot of the Sheraton Hotel in Raritan Center —…

  • Jewish Family Services schedules fundraiser

    Jewish Family Services of Middlesex County will host its annual dinner and show at 5 p.m. Dec. 14 at the JFK Conference Center, 70 James St., Edison. The proceeds benefit services for Holocaust survivors and Kosher Meals on Wheels. Admission is $50, including entertainment and a kosher buffet dinner. Register at www.jfsmiddlesex.org by Dec. 11…

  • BACK TO BUSINESS

    News of Greater Media Newspapers’ advertisers Kate Shepard, executive director at Reformed Church Home (RCH), Old Bridge, recently presented a check for $500, along with several hundred pounds of food, to representatives from the Food Bank of Old Bridge during the pre-Thanksgiving celebration. Rose Welsh (l), food bank supervisor, and Lollita Andrews (r), volunteer, were…

  • College offers teacher training program

    The “New Pathways to Teaching in New Jersey” program has been created to allow individuals the opportunity to become teachers through the New Jersey alternate route system. Participants come from a variety of academic disciplines with a minimum 2.75 GPA in an undergraduate or graduate degree, and a certificate of eligibility. An information session about…

  • Girl Scout receives Gold Award for recycling project

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — After two years of planning, researching and applying the finishing touches to her final Girl Scout initiative, Katie Kingsley has earned her Gold Award for an informative project on recycling. Kingsley, a 2014 North Brunswick Township High School graduate and a freshman at Texas A&M University, will…

  • Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Fox & Roach launches shore rental property website

    Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, Realtors recently launched a New Jersey Shore rental website, allowing users to search and reserve approximately 2,000 rental properties, all in one place. Users can search by community, street, type of property and preferred dates. In addition to property searches, the website also provides users with important visitor information…

  • Local towns, schools unite to stem drug use

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer With Monmouth County facing a growing drug problem, a group of local municipalities and school districts are joining together to combat drug use among students. Jennifer Czajkowski, student assistance counselor at Shore Regional High School in West Long Branch, said last week that the Shore Regional Municipal Drug Alliance is…

  • Stop misuse of accessible parking placards

    This is an open letter to all of you using your deceased Aunt Rose’s accessible parking placard. You tell your friends that you only use it when you’re driving an arthritic friend, but that is not always the case. Either way, it’s illegal. As it says right on the placard, you must also be carrying…